U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced Monday his intent to introduce the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act, compromise legislation that would end the doping of Thoroughbred racehorses in the United States. The doping of American racehorses has been a controversial issue over the past five years with hundreds of horses dying on racetracks weekly,…
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Paul J. Greene, the founder of Global Sports Advocates, was recently named by Who’s Who Legal as a 2019 WWL Global Elite Thought Leader for sports law. Greene “handles sports law matters globally, including before the Court of Arbitration for Sport. In 2019, Paul has again successfully represented some of the world’s highest-profile athletes such…
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Hackney Publications, the nation’s leading publisher of sports law periodicals, announced today the availability of the spring issue of Sports Medicine and the Law (SML). Supported by Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads LLP, the preeminent law firm when it comes to representing clients in the niche, the latest issue features the following articles: Resuming Play…
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The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) has announced that Jill Pilgrim has joined the AIU Board. Pilgrim is a senior lawyer based in New York, with significant experience in governance, anti-doping, integrity and the law. She was the general counsel and director of business affairs for USA Track & Field from 1998-2007 and general counsel for…
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MLB, NCAA, NBA . . . the sports world is not immune from the impact of COVID-19. This podcast series will help you make some sense of it all, share thoughts on what you should be doing now and, in the future, to prepare for the resumption of sporting events. The three-part podcast series is sponsored…
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From SLA President Bobby Hacker: Dear SLA Members: As we represent the entire sports world it is only fitting that we act in a like manner, therefore, we are cancelling this year’s conference in Miami. This was not an easy decision and it weighed heavily upon the executive committee as well as the entire board…
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The Université de Sherbrooke and the World Anti-Doping Agency have created the very first research chair on anti-doping in sport. This chair will help position Quebec as an international pole in the fight against doping and will improve mentalities and practices by filling knowledge gaps in this area thanks to rigorous research. This is the first research…
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